Good news from around Europe
Leuven-based AI running analysis platform Runeasi raises €1M for global growth Runeasi, a KU Leuven spin-off focused on running and movement analysis, has raised €1 million in a new investment round. The round was led by Smarter Ventures, with participation from existing investors Freshmen Fund, Gemma Frisius Fund, the company’s
From blood tests to orbital labs: Europe’s next generation of cancer tech Today, February 4, is World Cancer Day. Cancer kills around 10 million people each year — more than HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined. Fortunately, European startups are accelerating innovation across the cancer care pipeline, from early detection to
How startups differentiate when everything sounds like AI In 2025, AI startups raised nearly half of all global venture capital, a record-breaking $150 billion in funding. OpenAI alone pulled in $40 billion, Anthropic secured $13 billion, and xAI raised $10 billion. Most startups created last year were building something with
Madrid’s BCAS raises €30 million debt to cover the A–Z of barrier-free education with flexible financing solution BCAS, a Madrid-based EdTech startup specialised in flexible education financing, today announced the closing of a new €30 million debt round, led exclusively by Spanish neobank MyInvestor. With this new capital, the company
French climate investor SlateVC raises €132 million first close for inaugural growth fund Slate Venture Capital, a Paris-based venture capital firm dedicated to the climate transition, has secured a €132 million first close for its inaugural growth fund focused on energy and circularity. Disclosed investors include the European Investment Fund
Lithuanian startup Axiology raises €5 million to develop tokenised capital markets platform Vilnius-based capital markets infrastructure provider Axiology has secured €5 million in Seed funding to introduce new tokenised securities capabilities under the EU DLT Pilot Regime – bringing the full lifecycle of digital fixed-income instruments into one regulated environment. The
QT Sense raises €4 million to develop quantum platform for cancer, sepsis and arthritis research Groningen-based BioTech startup QT Sense has raised €4 million to accelerate Quantum Nuova, their platform that uses quantum technology to track cellular stress within individual cells in real time – enabling scientists to watch cellular processes
Empat Tech enters a new growth stage: founder Nazar Gulyk hands over the CEO role to Igor Repeta Empat Tech, an international service and product company, announces a leadership change: founder Nazar Hulyk is stepping down as CEO and handing the role to Ihor Repeta. The leadership transition is aimed at
ElevenLabs raises $500m Series D led by Sequoia Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/elevenlabs-raises-500m-series-d-led-by-sequoia
Stripe alumni raise €30M Series A for Duna, backed by Stripe and Adyen execs Having raised a €30 million Series A round led by CapitalG, business identity verification startup Duna is now among the most well-capitalized European startups founded by Stripe alumni. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/04/stripe-alumni-raise-e30m-series-a-for-duna-backed-by-stripe-and-adyen-execs/